Stars - Just Advising Us: Seven Celebrity Self-Help Book Excerpts
When we found out that Elizabeth Berkley is penning a self-help book for teen girls, we wondered what advice the star of Saved By the Bell and Showgirls would be passing along to the young ladies of the world. Alas, we’ll have to wait, as the book isn’t expected until next spring. Luckily, Berkley isn’t the first celebrity who’s decided she has advice for the masses. Below are a few excerpts from several other notable celebrity self-help books. We tend to agree with the Roger Ebert line of thinking when it comes to this sort of literature, but we think... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayDownload Jessica Simpson and Billy Corgan's "Who We Are"
Download "Who We Are," which was co-written by Jessica Simpson, Billy Corgan, Evan Bogart and Shari Short, here."Who We Are" is the theme song for Simpson's New VH1 Series, Jessica Simpson's The Price of Beauty.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Free MP3Billy Corgan and Jessica Simpson, Sitting in a Tree, R-E-C-O-R-D-I-N-G?
Okay so maybe old elementary school taunt doesn’t really work. Nevertheless, Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan and Jessica Simpson, reported lovebirds, now appear to be recording together, presumably on Corgan’s new Smashing Pumpkins project. Whahuh?... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe 10 Worst Movie Accents of All Time
Casting a famous actor in a role can be a crapshoot. Just because a director can snag a big name for their film doesn't always mean that they belong there. Case in point, generally talented and experienced actors, when asked to do foreign accents, may stumble somewhat...or they may stumble a lot. Here, we've listed 10 of the worst examples of famous actors doing infamously bad accents:... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayFive Musicians Who Should Wash My Car
According to a story broken by the U.K. Guardian and subsequently reported in The States, big-shot director Michael Bay made sexpot actress Megan Fox wash his Ferrari as part of her audition for Transformers.This touching bit of casting news makes us pause and ponder who, in the musical universe, could stand to wash our dashing Pastemobile—the one with the stolen radio and the scratched-up paint. These five artists seem especially well-suited to work a sponge and chamois cloth while we sip lemonade from a shaded lawn chair. ... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayFeds to bail out struggling music industry
In the latest federal bailout of a failing business, Paste has obtained documents through the Freedom of Information Act wherein the RIAA requests an influx of capital to keep the music industry from collapsing.According to the documents, attorneys for the Big 4 music companies argue that if the government is willing to take steps to protect Bear Stearns, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and AIG, who are only suffering because of their own risky investments and bad decision making, then it should do the same for other poorly run businesses.... read more
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